Corotauria
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A problem-bird out of Africa, Kenya, Hell's Gate National Park, on July 12th this year. It concerns a shrike we could not identify.
Description
The complete bird looks a bit like a Red-Backed Shrike, but was not it, because of several points.
-First of all the whole bird seems to be a bit bigger than a Red-Backed
-Very striking, the tail was to long for a Red-Backed. The length of his tail was around the same is the complete body-length!
-The grey head was darker, with only a small difference in colour with the very dark-brown back.
-The underparts seems to be white, and not with a pink wash over it
-In flight a striking white patch is visible on the primaries, but not up to the tip of the feathers. Also the tail is a very distinctive characteristic in flight!
A photo is added below, but not very clear because of the big distance and the angle on the bird. Hopefully someone can help me with this.
Rick
Description
The complete bird looks a bit like a Red-Backed Shrike, but was not it, because of several points.
-First of all the whole bird seems to be a bit bigger than a Red-Backed
-Very striking, the tail was to long for a Red-Backed. The length of his tail was around the same is the complete body-length!
-The grey head was darker, with only a small difference in colour with the very dark-brown back.
-The underparts seems to be white, and not with a pink wash over it
-In flight a striking white patch is visible on the primaries, but not up to the tip of the feathers. Also the tail is a very distinctive characteristic in flight!
A photo is added below, but not very clear because of the big distance and the angle on the bird. Hopefully someone can help me with this.
Rick